These Are the Most Bed Bug-Infested Cities in the U.S.

[left-of-center2012]

Bed bugs are every city-dweller's biggest fear, and new data suggests that the issue isn't confined to just NYC and LA. Pest control company Orkin compiled a list of the 50 most bed bug–infested cities in the US right now, revealing that some metropolitan areas aren't as immune as you'd expect.

Orkin based its latest findings on which cities required the most bed bug treatments between December 2019 and November 2020. The ranking took both residential and commercial treatments into consideration.

The Top 50 Bed Bug Cities
1. Chicago (+2)
2. Baltimore
3. Washington, DC (-2)
4. Detroit (+3)
5. Columbus, OH
6. Cleveland, OH (+5)
7. Indianapolis (+2)
8. Cincinnati
9. Los Angeles (-5)
10. Grand Rapids (+8)
11. Charlotte (+9)
12. New York (-6)
13. Atlanta (-3)
14. Philadelphia (-2)
15. Champaign, IL (+1)
16. Dallas (+1)
17. Raleigh, NC (-3)
18. Charleston, WV (+8)
19. Pittsburgh
20. Denver (+7)
21. Flint (+7)
22. San Francisco (-9)
23. Greenville, SC (-9)
24. Norfolk (-9)
25. St. Louis (+3)
26. Richmond, VA (-5)
27. Toledo, OH (+23)
28. Dayton, OH (+21)
29. Buffalo, NY (-5)
30. Omaha (+2)
31. Nashville (-2)
32. Milwaukee (+1)
33. Fort Wayne, IN (+13)
34. Greensboro, NC (-9)
35. Cedar Rapids, IA (+6)
36. Knoxville, TN (-13)
37. Houston (+1)
38. Davenport, IA (-1)
39. Tampa (-5)
40. Youngstown (new to list)
41. South Bend (new to list)
42. Phoenix (+3)
43. Lexington (new to list)
44. Seattle (-1)
45. Orlando (-9)
46. Louisville (new to list)
47. Miami (-15)
48. Lansing (-18)
49. Peoria-Bloomington (new to list)
50. Minneapolis-St. Paul (new to list)

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/most-bed-bug-infested-cities-in-the-us-2021

[underpants]

1. I thought Richmond was higher. UPS donated an oven type room to a local charity Caritas

Caritas started very grass roots as a means of helping homeless people primarily families. It’s grown and learned over the years. One big problem for the homeless especially with substance issues is that the weight of life comes rushing back at them and the often relapse. Caritas provides them with basically a whole house set up so they can use their money to pay bills not buy basic stuff. One problem has been furniture. Richmond, I’ve been told, is a bed bug infested city. You can’t use chemicals to really get rid of them but you can cook them out. UPS donated a room - 15x15 or 20x20 I think - that is one big oven or kiln. It kills the bed bugs so donated furniture can be used again.

[blm]

16. ✔️

[marble falls]

2. Number two reason for self quarantine.

[TexasTowelie]

3. The only reason Mar-a-Lago isn't on the list

is that Orkin figured out long ago that Trump doesn't his bills so Donnie doesn't call anymore.

[librechik]

9. orkin would take care of the bed bugs

but they can't do anything about the two-legged pests. Unfortunately.

[ironflange]

18. Maybe they could do something about the giant orange cockroach living there

[dsweet]

4. Per capita or what metric?

Are they counting cases or is this on a per capita basis? Because if it's total number of cases per city, I would expect huge cities like NYC, Chicago, Houston, LA, to top the list.

[left-of-center2012]

7. ...

"Orkin based its latest findings on which cities required the most bed bug treatments between December 2019 and November 2020."

[Haggard Celine]

5. Ohio's got 3 in the top 10!

Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati. I'd be careful if visiting that state.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Our corporate HQ is in one of those cities and fortunately we aren't back to doing much travelling

yet. I don't think we will have to be going there for quite a while. My manager might, but I won't. Nothing freaks me out more than bedbugs and other bug infestations.

Thank god Boston is not on that list. I get the willies just thinking about it.

[Haggard Celine]

13. I hate bugs, too!

Sometimes when I'm trying to sleep I'll get the feeling that a spider just walked across my face and it will make me paranoid. I've known a few people who have been bitten by spiders and have had to get flesh removed. It creeps me the fuck out. If I was checking into a place and found bedbugs, I don't know what I would do. I'd probably go sleep at the airport or something.

[smirkymonkey]

14. I know what you mean! Nothing freaks me out more. I think I would rather have rodents than

insects (preferably neither).

I am lucky in that I rarely see any insects inside my apartment, but it has happened on occassion and when it does I completely lose it and will almost destroy the place trying to kill it.

I wish I wasn't so afraid of them, but I have a horrible phobia and I have no control over my aversion to them.

[honest.abe]

6. We stayed at the Omni Shoreman in DC recently..

And fairly certain both myself and kid got bedbug bite. The Omni has had issues with bedbugs in the past. Just one bite fortunately so not a big deal. Their outdoor pool is amazing so maybe worth it!

[TheBlackAdder]

10. If they got rid of the Trump properties, all of those cities would be removed from the list. 🤣

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Check begbugregistry.com before you stay at a hotel.

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[TheBlackAdder]

11. Movie theaters are the #1 location to get bed bugs. You are a captive audience in the dark.

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People from all walks of life, tourists and travelers carry and deposit them from all over.

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[left-of-center2012]

15. "Movie theaters are the #1 location to get bed bugs" -- Link ?

According to the NPMA's Bugs Without Borders survey, pest management professionals report that residences top the list of places where bed bug infestations are found, with 91 percent of pest professionals reporting finding bed bug habitats in single-family homes and 89 percent in apartments/condominiums. Respondents also reported other common locations for bed bug encounters:

Hotels/Motels - 68 percent

Nursing Homes – 59 percent

Schools & Day Care Centers – 47 percent

Office Buildings – 46 percent

College Dorms – 45 percent

Hospitals – 36 percent

Public Transportation – 19 percent

https://www.pestworld.org/all-things-bed-bugs/where-bed-bugs-are-found/

[TheBlackAdder]

19. It was on a national bed bug site a couple of years ago.

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While bed bugs are found in multiple areas, the most prevalent place to actually get them to take home is at a movie theater, because the other places are mostly visited in the daytime and people are moving about. When you are in a movie theater, you are sitting still in darkness for two hours, allowing them to crawl onto you.

People know bed bugs are in hotels and take precautions. Nursing homes have them, but visitors don't take them home. The same for schools and office buildings, which are lit. College dorms would be a good place to take them home, but more people visit movie theaters than are attending college.


While bed bugs are in a lot of buildings and vehicles, it's what's the best place to get them to take home.

That's movie theaters. No one ever thinks that watching a movie greatly exposes them to bed bugs.

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[left-of-center2012]

20. They do get picked up in the daytime and in the light

Buses, planes, subways, restaurants, doctors waiting rooms -- any place people gather bugs can drop off, linger, and climb onto the next person.

A dormitory at the University of New Mexico was recently infected with bed bugs because students frequented a local highly rated restaurant that was infected and they brought the bugs back to the dorm.

Movie theaters were not listed in the link I posted.
If you have a link that shows movie theaters listed as the number one source I would like to compare it with the one I posted.

[TheBlackAdder]

21. Not as much because bed bugs are photophobic.

[left-of-center2012]

22. So ...

? Link saying "Movie theaters are the #1 place to get bedbugs" ?

Not in the top 5 here:

Top 5 places you can pick up bed bugs
Here are the top five places you could pick up bed bugs:

The Laundromat
Nursing Homes and Hospitals
Public Transportation
Hotels
Libraries
[link:https://thedailypest.vikingpest.com/top-5-places-you-can-pick-up-bed-bugs|

OK ~ I'm moving on.
Not going to 'beat a dead horse'.

[Wingus Dingus]

12. Another reason why I prefer an RV to motels.

[eppur_se_muova]

17. Baltimore ?? I can't imagine the roaches let anyone muscle in on their territory. nt